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Joseph Colangelo may not have had a hill in his backyard, but he wasn’t going to let that stop his kids from going sledding. He took the aphorism “Necessity is the mother of invention” to heart and built his kids an amazing custom luge track in his yard. It’s not quite as intense as an Olympic luge course, but his kids certainly love it. And the award for coolest dad goes to ... Joseph Colangelo!

Skydiving is scary enough, but imagine having a seizure while in free fall. That’s what happened to Christopher Jones, who described it as the “scariest moment” of his life. While skydiving at 9,000 feet, Jones had a seizure that left him unable to pull his ripcord. He spent 30 seconds unconscious in free fall before his fast-acting skydiving instructor, Sheldon McFarlane, was able to save the day — and it was all caught on camera. The video was posted to YouTube on Sunday, and the terrifying two-minute clip has had more than 4 million views in just 24 hours. This wasn’t Jones’ first time skydiving — the 22-year-old was completing stage five of his accelerated free fall program. He had been seizure free for four years and had been given the all-clear by his doctor; McFarlane also knew about Jones’ condition. McFarlane told Daily Mail Australia, “He had all the documentation and had been to his doctor; he had been seizure-free for a number of years and believed he had it under control.” “I remember up until the point I blacked out and then waking up underneath the parachute at about 3,000 feet,” Jones told ABC. “I think I’m fairly lucky.” McFarlane had no idea that Jones was suffering from a seizure in the air, but he acted fast to make sure his student landed safely. “At no time was I worried he was going to hit the ground without a parachute, but given the circumstances and where we were, I thought it would be better to get him under parachute earlier than later,” McFarlane said. Many are hailing the skydiving instructor as a hero, but McFarlane insists he was just doing his job. This amazing rescue is one for the books.

This is far from the first “Uptown Funk” cover we’ve come across, but nothing may top this latest remake of the hit song. Singer Alex Boye recruited dancing seniors to re-create Bruno Mars’s music video in a version aptly named “Oldtown Funk.” Those seniors have some serious moves and definitely give Mars a run for his money. Featured in the video are Jean Elliot’s Golden Girls, also known as the Dancing Grandmas. The ladies are well known for their half-time dances at Utah basketball games. According to the YouTube description, the grandmas and grandpas, who are all between the ages of 65 and 92, did their own stunts. That’s pretty impressive, considering that one woman does the splits! The video has gone viral, with over 1.1 million views since it was posted on Feb 24. “Oldtown Funk” may be the best “Uptown Funk” yet — don’t believe us, just watch!

A New York man has become an Internet celebrity in China, all because of a stolen iPhone. BuzzFeed Editor Matt Stopera lost his iPhone in a New York bar over a year ago, and somehow the stolen phone made its way to China. Stopera realized something weird was going on when pictures of a Chinese man and orange trees began appearing on his photo stream. After an emergency trip to the Apple store, Stopera learned his stolen phone was still linked to his current iCloud account, which is why the mysterious pictures were appearing. The editor wrote about his lost phone saga, and the story, much like his lost phone, made its way to China, where it started trending on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. A Weibo user translated the BuzzFeed story and posted it on his account, and suddenly Stopera and the Chinese man known as Brother Orange became Internet sensations in China. “They said it was like a fairy tale and perfect for the Chinese Spring Festival,” Stopera wrote. Thanks to the Weibo community, Brother Orange was tracked down, and both he and Stopera have been able to chat online using Weibo — with fans of the two translating the messages. Later this month, the two are expected to meet in person! Maybe they’ll share an orange?

A wedding video is going viral, and not because of a cleverly choreographed bridal party dance or a flower girl throwing a tantrum. The part of the video that stole the show is the groom Brian Scott’s vows to his bride Whitney Kay’s young daughter, Brielle. He said, “I promise to always hold your hand and skip with you down the street and bring comfort to your life. I vow to make you say your prayers before you eat. I promise to read you stories at night, to always tuck you in real tight. I vow to show you how a man should treat a woman in my relationship with your mother. And above all else, I vow to protect you, care for you, and love you forever.” Not surprisingly, there was not a dry eye in the house. The video was shot and edited by the wedding videography team at Pen Weddings. It was posted to YouTube a year ago but just recently started to go viral.

Snow doesn’t come to Jerusalem very often, so when a rare snowstorm blanketed the city, people were pretty excited. But perhaps nobody was quite as excited as this group of Franciscan monks, who were captured on camera having a really epic snowball fight! Dressed in their traditional black robes, these six monks look like they are having the time of their lives pelting each other with snowballs. The video has gone viral, with more than 165,000 views since it was uploaded on Feb. 23. Who says monks can’t have a little fun in the snow too?

Meet Kyle Waring, a Massachusetts man who’s behindShipSnowYo.com — that’s right, someone is making money by shipping the white stuff out of Boston to your door. For a mere 89 bucks, marked down from $99, you could have 6 pounds of Boston’s historic snowfall shipped to your friends, family and even enemies. Waring promises that the 6-pound snow package is enough for 10 to 15 snowballs. The snow-shipping business started as joke between Waring and his wife while they were shoveling their yard, but soon after, ShipSnowYo.com was born. Originally Waring just shipped 16.9-ounce water bottles filled with snow, but he is expanding his business: In addition to the 6-pound product, he will soon be launching a 10-pound product, for $119.

A radio station in Australia surprised a deserving mother of four, capturing it all on hidden camera. Kyle and Jackie O from the “Kyle and Jackie O” show on KIIS 1065 heard about a woman named Michelle who tragically lost her 19-year-old son Blaine during a freak work accident involving a tractor. After Blaine’s passing, Michelle took time off from work to grieve and consequently fell behind on bills. With a camera set up in her car, Michelle’s daughter Crystal took her for a ride with Michelle’s two other children. The radio was tuned to KIIS 1065, and Kyle and Jackie O started to tell the story being featured in their “Giveback” segment. Michelle listened as Jackie O told the story of a mother who would be listening in the car with her three kids. “This is someone who has lost someone very close to them. ... She thinks she’s on her way to a spa day. Michelle, we are talking to you. And I know how hard you’ve been suffering lately.” Michelle quickly realizes the segment is about her. Through tears on both Jackie O and Michelle’s end, the radio host explains that they will be paying six months of her mortgage. And since Blaine was in the middle of doing repairs on his mother’s home at the time of his passing, the station will also pay for the rest of the outdoor renovations. Then, an emotional Michelle calls into the station to say “Thank you so much. I can’t believe it.” The station posted the video to its YouTube page, where it has already been viewed more than 3.2 million times.

In case you just can’t wait a few more days for the Season 3 premiere of “House of Cards,” fear not: You can now get your fix — “Sesame Street”-style! The new parody video, “House of Bricks,” takes the Three Little Pigs classic for a spin as told by Frank Underwolf ... get it?

The video was uploaded to “Sesame Street’s” YouTube page and has been viewed more than 600,000 times in only a day. The ever-popular children’s show has really been on a roll lately — cue the Big Bird “Birdman” parody.

We all played Hungry Hungry Hippos as kids, but now the tabletop game has been given a much-needed upgrade. Thanks to Tanner Nielson, the classic game has been taken off the dining room table and moved into a gym for a human version aptly titled “Human Hungry Hippos.” Nielson posted a clip of the large-scale Hungry Hungry Hippos human-style to YouTube, and the video has all of us viewers anxious to give the game a try. All you need to play is an empty gym, balloons, plastic laundry baskets, a few dollies and enough bungee cords to go around. And don’t forget a helmet: Safety first! Next we would like someone to create a life-size version of Candy Land.